Subject: Re: BSD kernel books recommendation
To: Willy Jacobs <wn.jacobs@net.hcc.nl>
From: Florian Stoehr <netbsd@wolfnode.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/28/2004 14:22:43
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Willy Jacobs wrote:
> sigsegv@rambler.ru wrote:
> > Search on BSD brings up about 14 pages, there is a link to** "The Design
> > and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System" which seems like a
> > good book
>
> Just released is an update of above book describing the latest FreeBSD 5.2:
>
> McKusick, Neville-Neil
> The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
> Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70245-2
>
> --- willy
>
>
This book is good if you want to known the thought behind the system and
if you want to know how e.g. NFS or the memory system works- but remember
this one does not include any code so if you're looking for code, take
another.
-Florian